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January 10th, 2008

How the iPhone Blew Up the Wireless Industry. The business deals behind it are as impressive as the phone itself.
*Max Yasgur's farm is for sale. Own a piece of history as the site of the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival in upstate New York for a mere $8,000,000.
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The world's nicest low-income housing project is in Vienna. With schools and businesses included, it's its own complete community.
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How to assert mind-control over customer service reps. There are only 13 steps, but the most important is to stay calm.
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Most food items an be made more appealing with the addition of googly eyes, and now you can eat them, too! Here are the instructions, plus a recipe for an edible Flying Spaghetti Monster.
*Ducks on Parade! This is how you get the flock out in India.
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The Congressional Bunker. Not such a great idea once the press got hold of the story.

Also on Mental Floss:

DID YOU KNOW? Marlon Brando hated memorizing lines so much that he posted cue cards everywhere to help him get through scenes.
He even asked for lines to be written on an actress's posterior. (That request was denied.)